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During an ecumenical morning prayer held 15 May, the World Council of Churches (WCC) staff and partners observed the UN International Day of Living Together in Peace, holding in prayer many nations across the world facing challenges to living together in harmony.

Dr Jurjen Zeilstra is a historian and theologian. His biography “Visser 't Hooft, 1900-1985 Living for the Unity of the Church” served as a dissertation in the humanities at the Amsterdam Free University in order to receive the degree of Ph.D. in 2018. Willem Visser 't Hooft led the World Council of Churches (WCC) during its formative stages. Below, Dr Zeilstra reflects on what it was like to study the life of Visser 't Hooft.

The World Council of Churches, working with the Jamaica Council of Churches and Caribbean and North America Council for Mission, offered a training in Jamaica to help people cope with violence against children, particularly sexual violence, gang-related violence, and gun violence.

Restoring human dignity where people suffer most is the ultimate calling for churches in the Middle East and their partners worldwide, stated an annual partners meeting of the Middle East Council of Churches held in Ain el Qassis, Lebanon this week.

La vocation suprême des Églises au Moyen-Orient et de leurs partenaires à travers le monde est de rétablir la dignité humaine là où les êtres humains souffrent le plus. C’est ce qu’ont affirmé le Conseil des Églises du Moyen-Orient et ses partenaires, rassemblés cette semaine à Ain el-Qassis (Liban) pour leur réunion annuelle.

Respect for the other lies at the heart of peace education and was a key thread through a debate entitled “Education for Peace in a multi-religious world”. It was held on the 2018 World Human Rights Day at the United Nations Office in Geneva.

World Council of Churches (WCC) general secretary Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit will visit Jamaica, Barbados, Trinidad and Antigua from 29 September-9 October. Tveit will be preaching, meeting with religious leaders and visiting communities.

Bishop Emeritus Munib Younan from the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Jordan and the Holy Land accepted a “Building Bridges of Understanding” award on 12 September at Georgetown University in Washington, DC. The award is organized by the Alwaleed Bin Talal Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding.

An international consultation will commemorate the 20th anniversary of the Decade of the Churches in Solidarity with Women (1988-98), 1-6 October in Kingston, Jamaica.

Un colloque international commémorera le 20ᵉ anniversaire de la Décennie œcuménique des Églises solidaires des femmes (1988-1998) du 1ᵉʳ au 6 octobre prochain à Kingston, en Jamaïque.

The WCC Executive Committee has issued a statement expressing concern over the ways in which church institutions and properties in Jerusalem are threatened as a result of contracts of disputed legality, the efforts of radical settler groups, and policies of the government of Israel.

Réuni à Amman (Jordanie) du 17 au 23 novembre, le Comité exécutif du COE a publié un communiqué dans lequel il exprime ses inquiétudes quant aux menaces que font peser les contrats à la légalité contestée, les colons radicaux et les politiques du gouvernement d'Israël sur les institutions et les biens religieux de Jérusalem.

While celebrating new steps taken towards global elimination of nuclear weapons, the WCC Executive Committee also fears the cycle of confrontation on the Korean peninsula might slide into nuclear warfare.

Tout en célébrant les nouvelles mesures prises en vue de l'élimination des armes nucléaires dans le monde, le Comité exécutif du Conseil œcuménique des Églises craint que le cycle de confrontation sur la péninsule coréenne ne se transforme en guerre nucléaire.

The WCC Executive Committee, during its meeting in Amman, issued a “Statement on Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons, and on 2017 Nobel Peace Prize awarded to the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons.”

Le Comité exécutif du Conseil œcuménique des Églises, lors de sa réunion du 17 au 23 novembre à Amman, en Jordanie, a publié une «Déclaration sur le Traité sur l'interdiction des armes nucléaires (TIAN) et sur le prix Nobel de la paix 2017 décerné à la Campagne internationale pour l’abolition des armes nucléaires».

“The Amazon, the green heart of the Earth, is mourning and the life it sustains is withering,” begins a statement released by the World Council of Churches Executive Committee as it met in Amman, Jordan from 17-23 November.

«L'Amazonie, le cœur vert de la Terre, pleure et la vie qu'elle entretient dépérit»: c'est par ces mots que commence une déclaration publiée par le Comité exécutif du Conseil œcuménique des Églises à l'occasion de sa réunion à Amman, en Jordanie, du 17 au 23 novembre.

At its meeting in Amman, Jordan, the WCC Executive Committee issued a “Minute on the situation in Zimbabwe” as developments in Zimbabwe have led to the resignation of President Robert Mugabe after 37 years in power.

Lors de sa réunion à Amman, le Comité exécutif du COE a publié une «Note sur la situation au Zimbabwe», les événements dans le pays ayant entraîné la démission du président Robert Mugabe après 37 années au pouvoir.